Read the look out ! Box. Then complete the sentences. Use the part simple forms of the verbs below.

Begin build come fall make take think

1. Alexander bell............ The first telephone call in 1876

2. In the fourteenth century , many people ........... that the earth was flat

3.issac newton discovered gravity when an apple............ from a tree onto his head.

4. In 1926, john logie baird ........... The first television.

5. Marie curie worked in paris, but she ............... from poland

6. Charles darwin............ writing on the origin of species in 1859.

7. Apollo 11........... about 76 hours ti travel from earth to the moon.

Look at the photo. Who was this man? Why is he family? Read the text and check.

Aicolaus copernicus was a famous astronomer. He was born in 1473 in torun. He came from a rich family and had three brothers and sister.

Copernicus studies theology and language - he spoke five languages! Later he began to study astronomy, medicine maths . At that time, people thought that the earth was the centre of the universe, and that the sun went round the earth . But copernicus said that the earth went round the sun. He wrote about his idea in his famous book de revolutionibus. The book appeared a few months before he died in 1543.

Look at the text again. Underline all the verbs in the part simple. Which verbs are regular ? Which verbs are irregular?

Match the irregular part simple forms in the text with the base forms bolow.

1. Be was/were

2.come 7. Go

3. Have 8. Say

4. Speak 9. Write

5. Begin

6. Think

use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.

1. do you feel................. and relaxed at the party ? ( comfort )

2. the accident............ him for life. ( deaf)

3. the plane landed..............after a violent storm ( safe )

4. it is ............... for all motorcyclists to wear helmets ( compel )

5. he has a wide............... of painting and music (know)

rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them,

1. lisa has always been mean with money , so she doesn't have many friends

if lisa.................................

2. i can't speak french as well as alain

alain speaks.......................................

3. despite knowing the area well, i got lost

even though................................

4. the trip was terrifically exciting to the students

the students felt......................................

5. it isn't necessary to finish all your homework tonight

you......................................

choose the underlined word or phraes(a,b,c oe d) that needs correcting

1. IF (a) i COULD (b) speak spanish, i WILL SPEND (c) next year STUDYNG (d) on mexico

2. I'D (a) like BUYING (b) a new dictionary BUT (c) i don't have ENOUGH MONEY (d)

3. my father said THAT (a) he ID GOING (b) to come ANH SEE (c) US ON (d) sunday

4. bowling, one of the MOST POPULAR (a) indoor SPORT (b) , IS (c) popular all over the united states and in OTHER (d) countries.

5. IF (a) you move QUIET (b) , you CAN (c) see SMALL WILD (d) animals in this area.